Here's another classic I found riveting when I first saw it and was enamored with most old films. Now, years later and a bit more critical, I found the boring very boring. It's just too slow-moving.
However I do appreciate two big things in here: the acting and the cinematography. It was just the story was so--so at best. It's no surprise the acting was good with the recently-departed Glenn Ford in the lead, a man who almost always gave a great performance, plus Van Heflin and Felicia Farr. The latter was never a big "name" but a classic beauty, I thought.
Ford and Heflin play very realistic people. Their conversations were interesting. Bad guy-Ford sounded just like the Devil trying to sweet-talk Heflin into letting him go. The finale is a bit hokey is that one of the bad men should have shot Ford. However, the very end of this movie - without spoiling things - is unexpected and very good.
Despite all these complements, the second time I watched this it just dragged too much. Part of that might be I am more used to watching faster-moving modern films in the last five years.
NOTE: Speaking of that, I see where they are re-making this film with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe playing the two leads! Wow, those are two very intense actors so I check that film out in 2007, or whenever it's released.
However I do appreciate two big things in here: the acting and the cinematography. It was just the story was so--so at best. It's no surprise the acting was good with the recently-departed Glenn Ford in the lead, a man who almost always gave a great performance, plus Van Heflin and Felicia Farr. The latter was never a big "name" but a classic beauty, I thought.
Ford and Heflin play very realistic people. Their conversations were interesting. Bad guy-Ford sounded just like the Devil trying to sweet-talk Heflin into letting him go. The finale is a bit hokey is that one of the bad men should have shot Ford. However, the very end of this movie - without spoiling things - is unexpected and very good.
Despite all these complements, the second time I watched this it just dragged too much. Part of that might be I am more used to watching faster-moving modern films in the last five years.
NOTE: Speaking of that, I see where they are re-making this film with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe playing the two leads! Wow, those are two very intense actors so I check that film out in 2007, or whenever it's released.